---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASSAULT AND BATTERY – Amends existing law regarding assault or battery upon employees of a public or consumer-owned utility."
description: "ASSAULT AND BATTERY – Amends existing law regarding assault or battery upon employees of a public or consumer-owned utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1321"
citation: "Idaho S 1321 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENSES & PROCEDURES", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d1000cf-1182-46e1-99ae-a5d5d8cda264"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1321/"
source_hash: "8d7ad0526e0ea416f30f6da62f9a34ec2699d06df31ee79ff326ad21bc0617d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho S 1321 (2022) — ASSAULT AND BATTERY – Amends existing law regarding assault or battery upon employees of a public or consumer-owned utility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1321.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–2** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **41–29** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-14** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-28** Retained on calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-2-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Bayer, ZitoAbsent and excused – Riggs, VickFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-03-02** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2022-03-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 41-29-0AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Erickson, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Green, Hartgen, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Nash, Necochea, Okuniewicz, Rubel, Ruchti, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Weber, Wood, Yamamoto, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Boyle, Christensen, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt(Zollinger), Ferch, Galloway, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Palmer, Scott, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - HartgenTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-22** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:10 a.m. on 03/22/22
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/22 Session Law Chapter 223 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/22 Session Law Chapter 223 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d1000cf-1182-46e1-99ae-a5d5d8cda264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).